
Jaime De Aragon

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Name Jaime De Aragon Birth 2 Feb 1208 Languedoc-Roussillon, France Christening 2 Feb 1208 Languedoc-Roussillon, France Gender Male Death 27 Jul 1276 Spain Burial Aug 1276 Spain Person ID I7767 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Pedro De Aragon, King of Aragon , b. 1176, Spain d. 13 Sep 1213, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(Age 37 years)
Relationship natural Mother Marie De Montpellier, b. 1175, Languedoc-Roussillon, France d. 18 Apr 1213, Italy
(Age 38 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 5 Jun 1204 Spain Family ID F1527 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jolan Arpadhazi, Princess Of Hungary , b. 1213, Hungary d. 12 Oct 1251, Spain
(Age 38 years)
Marriage 8 Sep 1235 Spain Children + 1. Pedro Of Aragon, b. 1236, Aragon, Spain d. 11 Nov 1285, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
(Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+ 2. Isabelle of Aragon, Queen Of France , b. 1 May 1245, Spain d. 29 Jan 1271, Italy
(Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F1217 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Notes
King James I of Aragon called 'The Conqueror' was the son of King Pedro I I a n d b o r n in Montpellier, France on Feb 1 1207 . He succeeded his fat he r a s k i n g in 1213 at age six. Sixteen years later James began his co n qu es t o f t he Balearic Islands, gaining full control in 1235. After a t h r e e - y ear campaign, he captured the Moorish controlled city of Valenci a . H e c o n cluded a code of laws in 1247 and ended the territorial dispu t es b e t w een Aragon and France with the treaty of Corbeil with King Loui s I X i n 1 2 5 8 . He spent the rest of his life dedicated to expelling th e m oors f r o m t he Spanish peninsula . Upon his death he divided his king do m bet w e e n his two sons, which ul timately led to conflict.